The chiton stylus canal: An element delivery pathway for tooth cusp biomineralization

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 588-600

  Shaw, Jeremy A ^a   Macey, David J ^b   Brooker, Lesley R ^c   Stockdale, Edward J ^a   Saunders, Martin ^a   Clode, Peta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

EDS; EFTEM; Iron; Magnetite; Microwave; Mollusk; Radula; Sem; TEM; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FERRITIN; IRON; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHITON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASTICATION; METABOLISM; MOUTH; MOUTH AND TEETH; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERRITINS; IRON; MASTICATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOUTH; ORGANOGENESIS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPLACOPHORA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STOMATOGNATHIC SYSTEM; TOOTH;

ACANTHOPLEURA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 60849121769     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10705     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Brooker LR, Macey DJ. 2001. Biomineralization in chiton teeth and its usefulness as a taxonomic character in the genus Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Am Malacol Bull 16:203-215.
2. Brooker LR, Lee AP, Macey DJ, van Bronswijk W, Webb J. 2003. Multiple-front iron-mineralisation in chiton teeth (Acanthopleura echinata: Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Mar Biol (Berlin) 142:447-454.
3. Brydson R. 2001. Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy. Telos: Springer-Verlag. 160p.
4. Culling CFA. 1974. Handbook of Histopathological and Histo-chemical Techniques (Including Museum Techniques). London: Butterworths. 712 p.
5. Evans LA, Macey DJ, Webb J. 1990. Characterization and structural organization of the organic matrix of the radula teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura hirtosa. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 329:87-96.
6. Evans LA, Macey DJ, Webb J. 1994. Matrix heterogeneity in the radular teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura hirtosa. Acta Zool 75:75-79.
7. Fretter V, Graham A. 1962. British Prosobranch Molluscs, Their Functional Anatomy and Ecology. London: Ray Society. 755 p.
8. Hanaichi T, Sato T, Iwamoto T, Malavasi-Yamashiro J, Hoshino M, Mizuno N. 1986. A stable lead by modification of Sato's method. J Electron Microsc (Tokyo) 35:304-306.
9. Hickman CS. 1977. Integration of electron scan and light imagery in study of molluscan radulae. Veliger 20:1-8.
10. Jones El, McCance RA, Shackleton LRB. 1935. The role of iron and silica in the structure of the radular teeth of certain marine molluscs. J Exp Biol 12:59-64.
11. Kim KS, Macey DJ, Webb J, Mann S. 1989. Iron mineralization in the radula teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura hirtosa. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 237:335-346.
12. Lee AP, Brooker LR, Macey DJ, van Bronswijk W, Webb J. 2000. Apatite mineralization in teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura echinata. Calcif Tissue Int 67:408-415.
13. Lewin A, Moore GR, Le Brun NE. 2005. Formation of protein-coated iron minerals. Dalton Trans 22:3597-3610.
14. Liddiard KJ, Hockridge JG, Macey DJ, Webb J, van Bronswijk W. 2004. Mineralisation in the teeth of limpets Patelloida alticostata and Scutellastra laticostata (Mollusca: Patellogas-tropoda). Molluscan Res 24:21-31.
15. Lowenstam HA. 1962. Magnetite in denticle capping in recent chitons (Polyplacophora). Geol Soc Amer Bull 73: 435-438.
16. Macey DJ, Brooker LR. 1996. The junction zone: Initial site of mineralization in radula teeth of the chiton Cryptoplax striata (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). J Morphol 230:33-42.
17. Macey DJ, Brooker LR, Webb J, St. Pierre TG. 1996. Structural organization of the cusps of the radular teeth of the chiton Plaxiphora albida. Acta Zool 77:287-294.
18. Mann S. 2001. Biomineralization, Principals and Concepts in Bioinorganic Materials Chemistry. In: Compton, RG, Davies, SG, Evans, J, editors. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 198 p.
19. Messenger JB, Young JZ. 1999. The radular apparatus of ceph-alopods. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 354:161-182.
20. Nesson MH, Lowenstam HA. 1985. Biomineralization processes of the radula teeth of chitons. In: Kirshvink JL, Jones DS, MacFadden BJ, editors. Magnetite Biomineralization and Magnetoreception in Organisms. New York: Plenum Press, pp 333-361.
21. Runham NW, Thornton PR. 1967. Mechanical wear of the Gastropod radula: A scanning electron microscope study. J Zool 154:445-452.
22. Runham NW, Thornton PR, Shaw DA, Wayte RC. 1969. The mineralization and hardness of the radular teeth of the limpet Patella vulgata L. Z Zellforsch Mikrosk Anat 99:608-626.
23. Shaw JA, Macey DJ, Brooker LR. 2008a. Radula synthesis by three species of iron mineralizing molluscs: Production rate and elemental demand. J Mar Biol Assoc UK 88:597-601.
24. Shaw JA, Macey DJ, Clode PL, Brooker LR, Webb RI, Stockdale EJ, Binks RM. 2008b. Methods of sample preparation of epithelial tissue in chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Am Malacol Bull 25:35-41.
25. Sirenko B. 2006. New outlook on the system of chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Venus 65:27-49.
26. Sone ED, Weiner S, Addadi L. 2007. Biomineralization of limpet teeth: A cryo-TEM study of the organic matrix and the onset of mineral deposition. J Struct Biol 158:428-444.
27. Van der Wal P, Giesen H, Videler J. 2000. Radular teeth as models for the improvement of industrial cutting devices. Mater Sci Eng C 7:129-142.